The contest solicited videos from conference offices and other organizations around the nation to celebrate and nominate a trailblazer who has made significant contributions in the area of gender equity.

The 1979-80 UD women’s basketball team—of which Meyers was the high-scoring, big-rebounding star—finished 36-2 and won the small division national crown of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (AIAW), the precursor of the NCAA in women’s college athletics.

One of the team’s two losses came when the Flyers were without the 6-foot-1 Meyers who was was playing in the volleyball national tournament. Meyers was the star of that team too, and for two years in a row she was the National Player of the Year for all divisions of college volleyball.

In the video above, Meyers discusses her role as a trailblazer in women’s sports, the importance of young women understanding the legacy of Title IX and some of the conditions she played in at that time.